Thursday, August 31, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How were merchants viewed in the Song Dynasty?
    2. How did the civil service exam system create a hopefully efficient government?

  2. Finish Discussing Developments in East Asia

  3. SuihoEn (The Japanese Garden), Los Angeles Video

  4. Short-Answer Question Workshop

  5. Begin work on Unit 1: Chapter 1.3 Homework (Homework--Due Monday, September 11th)

  6. Begin work on Unit 1: Chapter 1.4 Homework (Homework--Due Monday, September 11th)

  7. Begin work on Unit 1: Chapter 1.5 Homework (Homework--Due Monday, September 11th)

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Of everything that you have learned during Unit 0, what was the most interesting?
    2. What was the most confusing?

  2. Sign up for Albert.io

  3. Discuss Developments in East Asia

  4. Begin work on Unit 1 Homework (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What led to the Sunni/Shia split in Islam?

  2. Unit 0 Test

  3. Begin work on Unit 1: Chapter 1.1 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, September 5th)

  4. Begin work on Unit 1: Chapter 1.2 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, September 5th)

Monday, August 28, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did Christianity go from an illegal, underground religion to the dominant religion around the Mediterranean?
    2. What was the long-term legacy of Greek philosophy?

  2. Finish Discussing Post Classical Era Religions

  3. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Test (Homework)

Friday, August 25, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the Daoist answer for bringing order to China?
    2. How was Buddhism both similar to and challenged Hinduism?

  2. Finish Discussing Classical Era Religions

  3. Discuss Post Classical Era Religions

Thursday, August 24, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the Legalist answer for bringing order to China?
    2. What was the Confucian answer for bringing order to China?

  2. Continue Discussing Classical Era Religions

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did Zoroastrianism influence other religions?
    2. How was Judaism’s relationship with its god different from other religions?

  2. Finish Discussing Foundations Era Belief Systems

  3. Discuss Classical Era Belief Systems

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What are three things you hope to learn in this class?
    2. What are you most concerned about this class?

  2. Discuss Foundations Era Belief Systems

Monday, August 21, 2023

School Closure:
  1. Work on Unit 0 Homework

Friday, August 18, 2023

  1. More Class Info
    Sign up for online textbook and discuss AP World History regions map, SPICE-T charts, and the Unit 0 Homework

  2. Introduce Unit 0

  3. Begin work on Unit 0 Homework (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Thursday, August 17, 2023

  1. Forms of Government Quiz

  2. Finish Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?
    Answer the questions

  3. Why Do We HAVE To Study HISTORY?! Video

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

  1. New Seating Chart

  2. Finish Historical Reasoning Skills Activity
    Using the four documents (Google Classroom), label which of the skills--Contextualization, Comparison, Causation or Continuity and Change Over Time--each one is and why

  3. Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?
    Answer the questions

  4. Parent/Guardian Contact Sheet (Homework--Due Tomorrow)
    Take syllabus home and have parent(s)/guardian(s) fill out the Contact Sheet

  5. Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

  1. Forms of Government
    Review handout

  2. Historical Reasoning Skills Activity
    Using the four documents (Google Classroom), label which of the skills--Contextualization, Comparison, Causation or Continuity and Change Over Time--each one is and why

  3. Parent/Guardian Contact Sheet (Homework--Due Thursday)
    Take syllabus home and have parent(s)/guardian(s) fill out the Contact Sheet

Monday, August 14, 2023

  1. Class Information
    Review syllabus and course description

  2. Parent/Guardian Contact Sheet (Homework--Due Thursday)
    Take syllabus home and have parent(s)/guardian(s) fill out the Contact Sheet

  3. Student Survey (Homework--Due Tomorrow)
    Answer questions